Valve



A118- 8, 1950 w. J. PARDuccl 2,517,596

VALVE Filed may s1, 194e KKK q INVENTOR. M1/mw d Haz/'Juan Patented Aug. 8, 1950 VALVE William J. Parducci, Detroit, Mich., assigner to Continental Aviation & Engineering Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Virginia Application May 31, 1946, Serial No. 673,495

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a valve, especially to a valve which is subjected to high temperatures and which should be cooled for long life.

There are certain applications which logically call for some type of cut-off valve, but in which the conditions are such that valving is dicult if not impossible. One such application is in the nozzle-box of gas turbines. Encient operation of a gas turbine calls for high temperature operation. Furthermore, most eiiicient operation suggests the development of a method for cutting off the supply of energy lluid to some of the nozzles under certain conditions. But such a cut-ofi valve would have to operate in such high temperatures that the design difliculties are very great, owing to warping, scaling, corrosion, and the like, all of which are magnilied at elevated temperatures.

It is the object of this invention to provide a valve which can be easily and effectively cooled to -permit operation in a high temperature atmosphere. This object is accomplished in a butterilytype valve which is hollow to permit the passage through it of a coolant.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is an axial sectional view through the Valve;

Fig. 2 is a view in section substantially on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a View in section on line 3--3 of Figure l.

A fluid energy conduit 2 is shown provided with a valve made according to the invention. The valve is shown in the closed position.

The valve is a butteriiy-type closure and comprises spaced apart closure members or plates 4 and S, same particularly comprising outwardly convex discs or saucers as illustrated and joined at their periphery 8. Plates 4 and 6 have integral therewith a plurality of heat conductors in the form of fingers l0. As can be seen from Fig. 2. substantially half of the lingers l are integral with plate 4, and the remainder are integral with plate 6. The lingers of each plate extend toward the opposite plate, and may even touch the opposite plate if desired. Normally, however, the iingers will not quite touch the opposite plate. Fingers lll are disposed throughout the space between plates 4 and 6.

Substantially at the opposite ends of a diameter, `plates 4 and l are secured as by means of rivets I2 to pivots I4 and l5. Pivots I4 and i6 operate in sleeves or bushings i8 and 20 respectively, bushings IB and 2t being non-rotatable with respect to the conduit 2. .Pivots I4 and lli serve as conduits for a coolant fluid, conduit I6 communicating the space between plates 4 and 6 with a connection adapted to receive coolant iiuid. This connection takes the form of a receiver 22 which encompasses the pivot I6. Openings 24 provided in the walls of pivot or conduit I6 permit communication from the receiver 22 to the interior of `pivot I6 and thence to the space between plates 4 and 6.

Integral with pivot I6 is a spindle 26 to which suitable linkage will be connected for the actuation of the valve. It will be seen that pivot i6 is rotatable relatively to the connection 22..

Operation In operation energy fluid at an elevated temperature passes through the conduit 2. When it is desired to cut 01T the ow of energy fluid through conduit 2 the valve of this invention is turned into the closed position, shown in the drawings. The valve is kept cool in the presence of the high temperature energy iiuid by means of coolant fluid introduced into receiver 22 at the inlet 28. From the interior of receiver 22 coolant fluid passes through openings 24 into the interior of pivot I6, thence between plates 4 and 6 coming into contact with heat conductor fingers I0 and passes out through the connection provided by pivot I4. Cooling of the assembly is independent of the position of the valve, because the pivotconduits i4 and I6 function in all angular positions of the valve. The connection comprising receiver 22 is stationary with respect to conduit 2, and provides for easy connection to a source of coolant fluid.

I claim:

l. In a gas turbine engine, an energy fluid conduit, a valve for said fluid energy conduit and comprising at least two coaxial hollow pivots, a pair of spaced outwardly convex saucer-like closure members joined at their periphery and mounted on the pivots, heat conductors between the members and comprising a plurality of closely spaced pins projecting normal with respect to the plane of said closure members and substantially filling the space between said closure members to provide an irregular tortuous path for the ilow of coolant fluid, and means to supply a coolant fluid to one of the pivots.

2. In a gas turbine engine, an energy-fluid conduit circular in cross section, a pair of coolantuid conduits through the energy-fluid conduit and rotatable relatively thereto, spaced apart outwardly convex saucer-like closure members supported by the coolant-uid conduits, the members 4 being joined at their periphery, heat conductors REFERENCES CITED disposed between the members and comprising a The following references are of record in the plurality of closely spaced pins projecting subme of this patent. stantially normal from both said members into the space between and substantially lling said 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS space between the closure members to provide an Number Name Date irregular tortuous path for the flow of Coolant 567,011 Smith Sept. 1, 1896 fluid, and a coolant-liuid receiver encompassing a 1,914,084 Ellis June 13, 1933 coolant fluid conduit and communicating with 2,064,201 Fox Dec.15, 1936 the interior thereof, the receiver being stationary 1o With respect to the energy-fluid conduit.

WILLIAM J. PARDUCCI. 

